Confectioner&#39;s decorating device



July 18, 1960 J. c. SETECKA 2,945,458

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255 25c Z34 .7 235 A j INVENTOR. 7- JolmCTJefec/(a United States Patent F The instantinvention relates to confectioners decorating devices-that is to say, the decorating devices into which category cake decorators and pastry tubes and the like fall.

Conventional devices of the class herein "described are "designed to comprise -a sack or tube forming a container which terminates in an aperture "bearing nose on which 'there is mounted a passaged die or nipple, stamped or "cut to shape a stream of decorating material forced from within the body of the decorator through the aperture. I Because it has been desirable to provide varying de- "signs, many conventional devices of the class described are provided with removable dies or decoration forming Zn'ipples cut to produce varying designs or decorations which are inter-changeable at the option of the user. Usually, the dies or nipples come in sets and are relativelysm'all 'andeasily lost. When lost they customarily cannot be individually replaced.

In accordance with the instant invention, however, and as an object thereof, there is provided a n'ovel'confectione'rs decorating device and the like 'andjmeans for simultaneously mounting a plurality of design forming passaged dies or nipples on the body of the device, whereby each nipple selectively may be used to form a design in or decoration from the material ejected from the body or device.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a confectioners decorating device which has a plurality of design forming nipples or passage'd dies secured to a band :which acts as a carrier for the pass'aged dies or nipples. The band is retained on the body 'ofthe device and by rotation thereof, each of the dies or "nipples may selectively be-brought into position under the outlet aperture or part of the body or container carrying .the cake decorating material, Where, upon ejection of the material from the container, a'desiired design in or decoration from the material is formed.

Accordingly, by, being able to retain a complete 'set of dies on the device, the likelihood of loss of one or more thereof is substantially reduced; and it is easily apparent to the user the various designs which "can be made or decorations formed. Additionally, the invention simplifies change of dies and therefore saves substantial time as compared with conventional devices.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from the following description and appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and numerals of reference thereon.

On the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the nose employed in one embodiment of the instant invention.

Fig. 2 is a view looking at the top of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view looking at the bottom of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of said embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a view looking at the device of Fig. 4 from the left with the major portion of the upper sack or con- Patented July 19, 1960 tainer being broken away, the decoration forming dies or nipples not being shown to eliminate crowding in the drawing.

7 Fig. 6 is a View looking at the device of Fig. 4 from the rightjwith the major portion of the upper sack or conjtainer being broken away, the decoration forming dies or nipples not being shown to eliminate crowding in the drawing.

Big. '7 is a perspective view of the band engaging spring. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the nipple bearing band, the "band being shown as'severed and in one plane for the purpose of illustration.

Fig. 9 is an elevational view taken by looking upwardly from the bottom of Fig. 8.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the embo'dimentof'the invention illustrated comprises a body -'or container generally-designated as 10. In the embodiment illustratedthe body 16 comprises an upper sack or container '11 fabricated of some clothlike material and has an elongated nose 12 which is fabricated of a rigid material such as some suitable sanitary type plastic substance. The fabrication and shape of the body in the embodiment shown is not critical to the invention. That is, the body may take on various shapes and forms and be of various suitable designs well known in the art and compatible with the teachings hereof. For example, the body may be apastry tube, which is nothing more than a cylindrical cone having an upper inlet opening in which there 'is mounted 'a removable plunger or' piston mecha- 'nism at one end and an outlet post at the opposite end through which the cake decorating material is ejected under force of the plunger or piston.

However, his preferable that a portion of the bodyis rigid 'to permit mounting of the die or nipple carrying "band 13, the requirement for which will hereinafter become apparent.

In the embodiment of the invention shown, a rigid nose 12 is suitably secured to, mounted on or carried by the lower end of the container =11, in any suitable manner. Themose 12is shown as having a passage or conduit 14 which extends longitudinally through the nose. The passage is tapered in the fashion illustrated in Fig. l for obvious mechanical reasons. Passage or conduit 14 'is communicatively connected with the space within the container 11 'by reason of which the customary fiowable or viscous type of material employed in the decorating of cakes and the like can 'be forced by pressure from the con- 'tainer 11 through the upper orificeror inlet opening 15 of the conduit 14then through "said conduit and out of the nose 12 through the lower orifice or outlet port 16.

A slightly downwardly and outwardly sloping flange or saddle 17 is rigid with the solid or rigid portion or the body 10. In the embodiment shown, flange 17 is formed integral withthe nose 12, as illustrated in the drawings.

by a lip or shoulder 18; here sihown integral with the saddle 17, and the wall 19 of the nose 12.

Lower band guiding and retaining means are provided by a pair of opposed lips or shoulders 29 and 21 which are clearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 4. The lips or shoulder 21 in the instant embodiment are shown as being formed integrally with and extending downwardly from the lower end of nose 12 about the outlet port 16. It is also observed that the lower end 22 of the nose slopes in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the upper surface of saddle 17.

The foregoing arrangement of parts provides a mounting or track for band 13 which is mounted about and supported by the saddle 17 and extends between the lips or shoulders 20 and 21, as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

Band 13 has a plurality of circumferentially spaced Upper .bandiguiding and retaining means are provided apertures which extend through the band. About each .band aperture there is positioned a design forming nipple or passaged decoration cutting die 23. In the illustration herein, the nipples or dies are identified as 23(b)-(i), as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9. The design forming nipples or dies 23 may be formed integral with band 13 or otherwise suitably secured, each of said dies being positioned over a respective aperture in said band with which it is associated. The nipples or dies are preferably funnellike in shape, as illustrated, and in the lower ends thereof an open design is formed so that the decorating material forced out of the aperture 16 will be forced through a selected die or nipple 23 to form the decorating material into a corresponding decoration or design in the decorating material.

The band 13 may be rotated manually in its track to align each or any desired nipple or passaged die 23 with the orifice 16. The decoration forming dies 23 are preferably spaced on the band 13 in a fashion that will center one die directly under the orifice 16 when an opposed die 23 is centered on the saddle 17. That is to say, for example, when nipple 23(b) is centered on the saddle 17, nipple 23(f) will be properly positioned about the outlet port 16, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Such arrangement may be used to advantage by the user as a guide to proper registration of the port 16 with the die being employed.

To hold the band 13 taut and in abutment with the lower end face of the nose 12, a compression or saddle into alignment with the port or orifice 16. Then, by releasing the spring, the band 13 is again drawn against face 25.

The foregoing invention provides a substantial advance in the art. Not only is the time consuming task of dismounting diflicult-to-handle nipples or dies eliminated, but also there is no likelihood that individual design forming nipples will be lost or mislaid. The invention is and will continue to be used to great advantage, both domestically and in commercial manufacture.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and as many apparently widely difierent embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims could be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A confectioners decorating device comprising a body having a container therein, said body having an opening therein for the introduction of decorating material into said container, an elongated tapered relatively narrow rigid nozzle communicatively connected to said body; an outlet port at an end of said nozzle to permit flow of material from said container; track means carried by said body and extending transversely therefrom; a track member on the discharge end of said nozzle; a rotatable belt in said track means and in said track member adjacent said outlet port, said belt having a plurality of apertures therein, and a passaged decoration forming die mounted on said belt in association with each belt aperture.

2. A decorating device and the like comprising a body providing a container having means for the introduction and discharge of material from the container said container having an elongated rigid nose and including an outlet port in the lower end thereof; a flange extending outwardly from the body; a rotatable apertured belt slidably carried on said flange and slidably engaging said nose and extending over said outlet port said apertures in said belt being in aligned relation to said outlet port; apertured design forming means including a plurality of spaced dies carried on said belt in association with the apertures therein whereby material from said container and nose will be discharged from said outlet port through said dies, and a spring-like belt engaging mechanism for urging said design forming means toward said outlet port.

3. A device of the class described comprising a body providing a container therein and an outlet port at one end thereof communicatively connected with said container, an outwardly extending flange on said body defining a first track, a pair of guides on said body adjacent said port defining a second track; an endless rotatable belt mounted on said tracks, said belt having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures located in aligned relation to said outlet port; a decoration forming die carried on said belt in association with each belt aperture; and a compressible spring mounted about said flange in engagement with said belt, whereby said belt is releasably secured against said port.

4. A confectioners decorating device comprising a body providing a container for decorating material, said container having an outlet port at one end thereof; a projecting flange on the side of said container; flanged track means on said flange and on the outlet end of said container; an endless apertured belt movable in said track means, said belt apertures being located to be aligned with said outlet port; passaged decoration forming dies mounted on said belt in association with said apertures of said belt respectively; and compressible spring means engaging a portion of said track and adapted to hold said belt against said outlet port.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,070,096 Smith Feb. 9, 1937 2,103,111 Ekdahl Dec. 21, 1937 2,320,496 Wechsler June 1, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS 252,046 Great Britain May 27, 1926 867,379 France July 21, 1941 

